Long-Sought ‘Warm-Sensitive’ Brain Cells Identified in New Study Supported by NY Stem Cell, Rita Allen, Sloan, and Klingenstein Foundations
Release Date:
09/09/2016
Results challenge standard model of how animals and humans cool off.
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Supported by Sloan, Rita Allen, New Understanding of Thirst Emerges from Brain Study
Release Date:
08/05/2016
The results stand in stark contrast to current views of thirst regulation, which hold that the brain signals for drinking to stop when it detects liquid-induced changes in blood concentration or volume.
Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2016 Scholars
Release Date:
06/30/2016
Early-career biomedical researchers to examine the underpinnings of human behavior, cancer and chronic pain.
Caltech Biologists Identify Gene that Helps Regulate Sleep (Rita Allen Foundation)
Release Date:
02/18/2016
Caltech biologists have performed the first large-scale screening in a vertebrate animal for genes that regulate sleep, and have identified a gene that when overactivated causes severe insomnia.
Disaster Philanthropy Playbook Launched, Living Online Resource Funded by J&J and Rita Allen Foundation
Release Date:
01/14/2016
The Disaster Philanthropy Playbook, a comprehensive resource of best practices and innovative approaches to guide the philanthropic community in responding to future disasters, is now available online.
Rita Allen Foundation Announces More Than $1.1 Million in Grants to Promote Early-Stage Approaches in Government and Journalism
Release Date:
12/18/2015
Recent grants from the Rita Allen Foundation support emerging efforts to expand opportunities for civic participation and knowledge sharing.
Rita Allen Foundation Passionate About Funding Breakthrough Solutions to Significant Problems
Release Date:
08/26/2015
Foundation President, Elizabeth Good Christopherson offers insight on the organization's funding priorities.
Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2015 Scholars
Release Date:
07/09/2015
The selected Scholars will receive grants of up to $110,000 per year for a maximum of five years.
Rita Allen Foundation Wants to Solve the Problem of 'Reader Alienation'
Release Date:
04/03/2015
The goal of the initiative is to build civic literacy and engagement.
Rita Allen Foundation Study Addresses Impact of Political Advertising
Release Date:
03/20/2015
Study shows that political ads dwarfed stories about political issues by 45:1.
Rita Allen Foundation Backs Innovative Biomedical Research
Release Date:
01/27/2015
The Rita Allen Foundation Scholars program supports research in cancer, immunology and neuroscience.
Foundations Join Together to Create New Philanthropy Feedback Opportunities
Release Date:
09/04/2014
The Fund for Shared Insight will work to seek new ways for nonprofits to receive feedback to improve their programs and services.
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Jun
2012
Role of Public Media in Our Democracy - GFEM Annual Funder Conversation
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 5:00pm to Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 6:00pm
With the decline of traditional journalism outlets, some public and independent media organizations are making significant strides in expanding news and information services to fill the gap. And public media is engaging people of all ages and...
The Secret to More Effective Philanthropy: Funding the Unknown
Release Date:
03/28/2013
An op-ed by Elizabeth Good Christopherson, President and CEO of the Rita Allen Foundation, in anticipation of the May 2013 Ashoka Future Forum in Washington, D.C.